HSP Presents: The Timekeeper Ep. 4 "Win Or Die."

Heart Starts Pounding: Horrors, Hauntings and Mysteries

True Crime, Fiction, Drama, History

4.8 • 3.7K Ratings

🗓️ 24 October 2025

⏱️ 36 minutes

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Summary

Charlie and Zoe race against the clock as they confront the true horror of Shady Pines and learn the truth behind Fairchild’s death. The Timekeeper, features Judah Lewis as Charlie, Chandler Kinney as Zoe, and Arjun Athalye as Gama. The Timekeeper was created, written, and directed by Matthew A Brown. Sound Design, Scoring and Mix by Jeff Schmidt Original Score composed by Joshua Zimmerman Additional dialog editing by Marika Perlmutter Executive Produced by Matthew A Brown, Kaelyn Moore, and Judah Lewis The Timekeeper is a production from Heart Starts Pounding. For more from Heart Starts Pounding: Subscribe on⁠⁠ Patreon⁠⁠ to become a member of our Rogue Detecting Society and enjoy ad-free listening, monthly bonus content, merch discounts and more. Members of our High Council on Patreon also have access to our weekly after-show, Footnotes, where I share my case file with our producer, Matt. You can also enjoy many of these same perks, including ad-free listening and bonus content when you subscribe on Apple Podcasts . Follow on⁠⁠ Tik Tok⁠⁠ and⁠⁠ Instagram⁠⁠ for a daily dose of horror. To learn more about listener data and our privacy practices visit: https://www.audacyinc.com/privacy-policy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit https://podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	Hey, Heart Starts pounding listeners. I hope you've been enjoying our special four-part presentation of The Timekeeper.
0:05.7	This is a fictional audio drama that we produced, working with some fantastic actors, Duda Lewis,
0:11.4	who you may know from the babysitter film franchise on Netflix, Jandler Kinney, one of the stars of Pretty Little Liars original sin,
0:18.1	and Arjun Atelier, who I worked with on Nickelodeon's reboot of Are You Afraid of the Dark?
0:22.9	Please enjoy the finale episode of the series, and thank you for all your support.
0:31.6	We stood at the top of the stairwell and listened.
0:34.9	Nothing but the creaking of the old building.
0:39.5	We started down the dark stairs. it was musty at first but as we hit the first landing and started down
0:44.4	I smelled something familiar the same thing I'd smelled in the break room at
0:49.8	fun land lingered trapped down here.
1:01.0	We reached the lowest level and opened the door into a dark hallway like the one on the first floor. Only the inner wall was lined with rooms with open metal doors.
1:05.0	Everything was scorched and on the back of the doors were scratched two words.
1:09.0	Tick-tock.
1:11.6	This is where they died.
1:13.6	I could imagine someone showing up here.
1:15.6	Desperate, taken off street corner, signing up for the program,
1:20.6	and being led down the hall to the elevator with 13 floors,
1:24.6	and then locked in a tiny room to play the game. To earn a cent for every second.
1:30.3	Knowing if they didn't win, if they didn't find the 13th key would all be gone.
1:34.3	Awake for days, weeks, reality breaking into little pieces.
1:40.3	And I could imagine the night of the fire.
1:43.3	Doors locked. The fists banging.
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